#B16EF9#B16EF9

#B16EF9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.203 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16EF9
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 249)
HSL	hsl(269, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(269, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 55.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 52.67, -59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 79.67, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% 0.1123 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.203 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8025, 27.3386, 92.7315)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16EF9 #B6F96E

analogous

#6E70F9 #B16EF9 #F76EF9

triadic

#B16EF9 #F9B16E #6EF9B1

tetradic

#B16EF9 #F96E70 #B6F96E #6EF9F7

square

#B16EF9 #F96E70 #B6F96E #6EF9F7

split-complementary

#B16EF9 #F9F76E #70F96E

monochromatic

#7209E3 #9133F7 #B16EF9 #D1A9FB #EFE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B16EF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#B16EF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16EF9

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16EF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16EF9	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#368DFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#508FF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A489A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16ef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.203 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9afc',
    500: '#b16ef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16ef9;
$custom-light: #cc9afc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16ef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.921,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67129,
    "c": 0.20272,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16EF9

secondary

#E2F4CE

accent

#E60077

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FF

border

#D2CCD7

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16EF9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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